WWF Survivor Series 1998 - Mankind vs The Rock (WWF Championship)
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00:00because if you do you're going against Vince McMahon and we've all seen tonight
00:04that don't pay off
00:07ladies and gentlemen
00:09this is the final match
00:11of the tournament to determine
00:13the world wrestling federation
00:15champion
00:17this contest is scheduled for
00:19one fall to a finish
00:23introducing first
00:25Mankind
00:30well ladies and gentlemen
00:32in the last three years of the Survivor Series
00:34the title has changed hands
00:38we knew it would happen here tonight
00:40because it was guaranteed
00:42no champion going in
00:44and we were guaranteed
00:46and that guarantee still stands
00:48that a new champion will be crowned here
00:50poor old Mick
00:52I don't know if he's even aware
00:54he's got his boots on
00:56he's got his boots on
00:58he's got his damn bow tie
01:00bless his deranged heart
01:02his brains have been scrambled
01:04by so many chair shots
01:06you've got to wonder if he's even aware
01:08of what's going on
01:10well of course he's aware
01:12he's aware of the fact that he's inches away
01:14or minutes away from being the next champion
01:16whoa
01:18his opponent
01:20Luke
01:22Brooks
01:24well one thing about it
01:26with the McMahon family
01:28probably safely
01:30nestled away in their Learjet now
01:32on their way to
01:34Lexington, Kentucky
01:36where we'll be tomorrow night
01:38at the Rough Arena for RAW
01:40at least
01:42we won't have a conclusion
01:44hey wait a minute
01:46just uh
01:48careful of Stone Cold Steve Austin
01:50he may be out there on Route 70 somewhere
01:52you never can tell you know what I'm saying
01:54I personally want to handle this
01:58by the way
02:00if you're running a Stone Cold
02:02get one of these for me
02:08what do you make of that JR
02:10oh I just think it's
02:12I think it's damn pathetic
02:14well the McMahons are obviously still here
02:16no kidding Einstein
02:18did you hear what Vincent
02:20we want to take care of this one personally
02:22according to the Sherlock Holmes detective school
02:24the McMahons are obviously still here
02:26well how did they do that
02:28I thought we saw them drive away
02:30well I did too
02:32well I thought we wouldn't have a Montreal
02:34revisited but
02:36I guess I shouldn't count my blessings
02:40what are they gonna do
02:42well here we are
02:44well I don't think The Rock is probably
02:46even aware that the McMahons are back here
02:48keep your mouth shut
02:50and Mankind probably wouldn't be aware
02:52if he knew
02:58and The Rock
03:0065275 Mankind
03:0264 just around 300
03:04one of these two men will represent
03:06the World Wrestling Federation
03:08as it's next champion
03:10did you see that move right there by Mankind
03:12that was pretty smart
03:14he said he's not smart
03:16smart move
03:18I'll tell you what
03:20I don't know how much we're gonna have left
03:22when this night is over
03:24even though we're gonna be on the home shopping network
03:26when Survivor Series ends
03:28yeah right tonight just in a few minutes probably
03:30and I would think that the new champion
03:32will be on there with us
03:36both men somewhat cautious here
03:38there's no time limit in this matchup
03:40and we will stay with it until there is a winner
03:44you're gonna get to see all of this pay-per-view
03:48that's not nice King
03:50making reference to those less fortunate
03:52not nice but it's accurate
03:54right hands by The Rock
03:56reeling
03:58Mankind reeling back in that corner
04:00and The Rock another cute about this
04:02but you know folks
04:04how much punishment that Mick Foley
04:06Mankind
04:08can sustain
04:10it's inhuman
04:12at times what Mankind can
04:14withstand
04:16it is inhuman
04:18he's the happiest guy in the world
04:20he gets to be psychotic
04:22and get paid for it
04:26he's like
04:28he's got a father figure in Mr. McMahon
04:30there's a cover
04:32The Rock with a knockdown
04:34quickly going for the cover here
04:38well some say that
04:40with The Rock's heritage
04:42his grandfather
04:44Chief Peter Maivia
04:46was a fierce gladiator
04:48at a warrior's heart
04:50no doubt about it
04:52his father Rocky Johnson was a tag team champion
04:54but this kid's destiny
04:56is to become the World Wrestling Federation
04:58champion
05:00he calls himself the people's champion
05:02and the fans will not go off
05:04and McMahon can't stand that
05:06and I wish you'd explain it to me too
05:10I just think there's a lot of respect
05:12for Mankind
05:14they'll learn to love Mankind
05:16when he's the champion
05:18they're gonna respect him
05:22I'm sure he'll get an entire wardrobe of tuxedos
05:24when he wrestles
05:30Referee Earl Hedmer the senior official
05:32in the World Wrestling Federation
05:34imploring these athletes to return
05:36to the ring
05:38Mankind, nobody knows better than you
05:40J.R. about Mankind's heritage
05:42and his history
05:44I mean he has put everything
05:46he's put his life on the line
05:48to be where he is
05:50his dream, his entire life
05:52since he was a little kid
05:54jumping off the roofs of houses
05:56has been to be the champion
05:58why is it not destiny for him to be the title holder
06:00as much as Rock is for that matter
06:02Mankind, like a lot of us
06:04started off as wrestling fans
06:06and like a lot of us we still are fans
06:08I am not believing this bull
06:10hey hey hey hey
06:14oh look at him smile
06:16a little swagger
06:18there's big John Wayne and little John Wayne
06:20and we swagger when we walk
06:22because by God we can
06:24why don't you just go ahead and admit it
06:26you fell for it hook line and sinker
06:28damn right I did
06:30you fished in, fished in
06:32I thought this kid Shane McMahon
06:34had a lot of character and a lot of integrity
06:36and obviously I was wrong
06:38and the only solace there
06:40is that I wasn't the only one that was wrong
06:42and now The Rock
06:44he's getting ready to find out just exactly
06:46how wrong we all are
06:48or were
06:54The Rock trying to fight out of this reverse chin lock
06:56he's got a bigger fight than that on his hands
07:00and oh nice suplex
07:02by The Rock countering Mankind
07:04can't you speak to Shane McMahon
07:06oh I can speak
07:08but I'm busy
07:12Mankind tossed outside here
07:20well this is going to get nasty and worse over
07:22you can almost feel the eruption
07:24and the explosion about to happen
07:26with Mankind
07:28and The Rock with all the marbles on the line
07:34Mankind suplex there
07:36and just splattered
07:38what an amazing recovery
07:40that McMahon has made to that ankle
07:42look at the concern there too
07:46well there's been miracles happen here tonight
07:48watch it now
07:52watch yourself Mr. McMahon
07:54The Rock don't want to get disqualified now
07:56don't lose your composure Rock
07:58that's what they want you to do
08:00and it's The Rock fight back for Mankind
08:04Bad Ride
08:06first landing
08:08Bad Ride
08:10hellacious landing for Mankind
08:12straddling The Dashers here
08:14and now both of them are outside
08:16there's got to be a winner in this matchup
08:20and the referee
08:22has a fight right outside
08:26somebody's going to get hurt
08:28very very badly before this one is all over
08:30you can almost feel it
08:32as long as it's not going to
08:34oh my god!
08:36Mankind backdrop on the outside
08:38back in
08:40this is bad
08:42oh it's going to be horrible
08:48The Rock now has got Mankind
08:50back in the ring at a disadvantage
08:52The Rock's got to keep up
08:54turn up the offensive here
08:56well you heard
08:58or at least I think I heard Mr. McMahon say he wanted
09:00he and Shane to take care of this themselves
09:02they've obviously got something in mind
09:08look look
09:10what could they be thinking
09:12what could they be talking about
09:14the McMahons
09:16it's a secret there
09:18that's why he's covering his hand over his ear there
09:20he wanted you to know
09:22he just blurted it out loud
09:24like you always do
09:26The Rock
09:28in control
09:32but again
09:34Mankind
09:36has this unbelievable
09:38high threshold of pain
09:40Mankind back up to his vertical base
09:42with those forearm shots right in the kidneys
09:44and The Rock
09:46he fights back
09:48watch out!
09:56headbutt
09:58headbutt by Mankind
10:00can you imagine
10:02these guys
10:04in their fourth match of the night
10:06and they've got to be
10:08running on just
10:10adrenaline
10:12and the will to win
10:14Mankind is just looking for some sort of
10:16come on anything heavy
10:18anything hard
10:20you know he's not going to get disqualified
10:22look at this
10:24if The Rock could not get disqualified
10:26he'd probably get a raise
10:28you've got to know
10:30that the referee has been instructed
10:32not to have any disqualifications
10:34or count outs in this matchup
10:36and I'm not blaming Earl Hebner
10:38what the hell is Mankind doing
10:40oh my gosh
10:42look at this
10:44got caught
10:46The Rock has just
10:48beaten the hell out of Mankind
10:50and Mankind is under
10:52oh sykes
10:54The Rock turned it up right there
10:56he's turning it up
10:58watch yourself watch it
11:00the brains are scrambled again
11:02over easy
11:04and well done
11:06those brain cells have just
11:08got to be totally
11:10depleted now
11:14The Rock
11:16oh he made
11:18that was a huge turnaround
11:20in this matchup
11:22it could be over
11:24The Rock is the new
11:26near fall
11:28I would have thought that Mr. McMahon
11:30would have instructed the referee to disqualify
11:32The Rock
11:34the championship hangs
11:36in the balance
11:38the winner of this match is the new man
11:40he's the new champion
11:42of the World Wrestling Federation
11:44and I'll tell you
11:46it don't get no bigger than that
11:48oh
11:50you feel that one coming
11:52the referee
11:54yeah he saw it
11:56but I do believe
11:58I think Earl Hebner is the best referee in this business
12:00I do believe Earl Hebner has been told
12:02don't disqualify or count anybody out
12:04well you know what
12:06actually that
12:08title shouldn't be
12:10I mean it shouldn't be determined that way
12:12I think that's a wise decision
12:14and look at this
12:16I mean if you don't disqualify The Rock
12:18for this
12:20then you got to have some
12:22wide latitude
12:24you certainly can't disqualify mankind for anything
12:26and a great testament to mankind's
12:28intestinal fortitude
12:30he's a pawn in this whole
12:32orchestration in my view
12:34a pawn
12:36that's all he is
12:38McMahon's the puppeteer
12:40right off the apron
12:42into the sternum
12:44mankind has drove that elbow
12:46right into The Rock's sternum
12:48for goodness sakes
12:50looks like these two men
12:52have been in a car wreck
12:54look out here
12:56come on Mick
12:58oh no Terry
13:00don't do that
13:02oh god
13:04you
13:08hey Rip
13:10he's beating us
13:12watch the hell out of him
13:14for god sakes
13:16can you get him out of here
13:18you can't
13:20thank god almighty
13:22yes
13:24you see what's
13:26going on here
13:28they're going to kill each other
13:30come on Terry
13:32oh god
13:34I've never seen anything like this in my life
13:36look at this carnage
13:42oh in the
13:44god's name can a human being
13:46both these guys recover from this
13:52wow
13:54good god almighty
13:56thought I had a heart attack
13:58it's got to be over
14:00it's academic now
14:02Mankind's got it
14:04one two
14:06I don't know how the hell he did it
14:08but he kicked out
14:10look at this
14:12he almost got you JR
14:16Mankind now
14:18wrenching down
14:20I mean he is
14:22he has the advantage
14:24he feels
14:26he feels what could happen
14:28if he could get the three count
14:30the kid from Long Island
14:32who hitchhiked to Madison Square Garden
14:34who idolized the superstars
14:36who broke into wrestling
14:38and slept in his car
14:40is a three count away
14:42from being at the top of the mountain
14:44but it will be a corporate mountain
14:46if McMahon has his way
14:50boy it is
14:52nothing being held back here
14:54the Rock
15:00elevated over the top rope
15:02all the way down to the floor
15:04and once again the Rock's body
15:06just splat
15:08he just splat all over the floor
15:10and left a sweaty spot
15:12oh no
15:14coming this way again
15:16oh come on
15:18get him in the ring please
15:20if this had been a
15:22Falls Count Anywhere match
15:24you got to believe
15:26that Mankind would have won it
15:28just a few moments ago
15:30right at our feet
15:32DDT
15:34DDT by the Rock
15:36how much more
15:38can these two men withstand
15:40where will you ever see
15:42any action like this ladies and gentlemen
15:44you damn sure
15:46ain't going to see it on pay per view
15:48anywhere else
15:50and it's all for the gold
15:52it's all for the title
16:00Mankind's got to be in a haze
16:02and the Rock is reaching down
16:04with his mom and daddy looking on
16:06the Rock is reaching down
16:08to give it all he's got here
16:14tossed right over the top rope again
16:16and here comes Mankind
16:18oh my gosh
16:20what's he doing here
16:22oh no come on
16:24Mankind up on top
16:26rocked to the table again
16:28it looks like
16:30Mankind
16:32Mankind is sick
16:40Mankind is
16:42what a carnage
16:44unbelievable
16:46our broadcast team
16:48our Spanish broadcast team
16:54Carlos Cabrera and Hugo Sabino
16:56watch it they're not through here
17:00the Rock using what's left
17:02of the announce table on Mankind
17:06oh god everybody is
17:08standing
17:10everybody is standing here
17:14but I don't know how the Rock
17:16or Mankind are standing
17:18how is Mankind still standing
17:20I don't know how either one of them are standing
17:22the Rock says come get your son
17:24oh it's time now
17:26it could be time for the people's album
17:30this will be all
17:32this is not what
17:34any man wants to see
17:38this should be all
17:40did he get it
17:44and the McMahon's didn't like that
17:46that was a little too close
17:48for them
17:54oh
17:56that's a double up DDT by Mankind
18:00and Mick doesn't go for the cover
18:02right away
18:04he's gone
18:06Mankind
18:08no doubt will be looking
18:10for the man of a claw
18:12he'll dance here
18:14and put you down
18:16the Rock
18:18the Rock is fading
18:20the Mankind here
18:22is about to die
18:26Mickie Boat is almost crying
18:28he can feel the title
18:30within his breast
18:32and he'll have to have a little
18:34and he'll have to have a little
18:36belt made for Mr. Socko
18:38the Rock down to one knee
18:40it's almost over
18:42the end is near here
18:44check him out he's gone
18:48the end is near
18:50we're a second away
18:56the Rock he's hanging on
18:58for a little bit longer
19:00but how much longer
19:04can Mr. Socko go further down in there
19:10he broke out
19:16and both men are down
19:20they went with the best they had
19:28can he get the cover
19:34a two count
19:36a long two count
19:38Mr. McMahon sweating bullets over there
19:40it's designer sweat
19:42I'm sure
19:46sharpshooter
19:48there's a sharpshooter
19:50McMahon said ring the bell
19:52wait a minute
20:00wait a minute
20:04wait a minute
20:06ladies and gentlemen
20:08as we make our submission
20:10the winner
20:12and new
20:14world wrestling
20:16federation champion
20:18the Rock
20:28what the hell
20:30all three of them
20:32they screwed us all
20:34McMahon and the family
20:36the Rock they screwed us all
20:38look at
20:40I know you're saying I can't believe my eyes
20:42I don't know what's going on
20:44you know what
20:46seeing is believing
20:48and you can
20:50believe this
20:54you can believe that Vince McMahon
20:56didn't screw the people
20:58tonight the people
21:00screwed the people
21:04and you can also
21:06you can also believe that
21:08each and every one of you
21:10are just as pathetic and gullible
21:12as mankind
21:18I'll be happy to elaborate
21:20a great deal more tomorrow night
21:22however one other thing
21:24and that is I would like to publicly
21:26state on behalf of the
21:28McMahon family that we are
21:30so proud here tonight
21:32for a number of reasons
21:34one of them is because
21:36tonight Stone Cold
21:38was utterly
21:40totally
21:42royally
21:44screwed in this
21:46very ring
21:52and if there's one man
21:54if there's one man who has any more
21:56contempt for Stone Cold
21:58other than myself
22:00and all of you
22:02it has to be the man who
22:04absolutely loathes and detests
22:06each and every one of you
22:08and that is
22:10The Rock
22:12The Rock! Fans don't want to believe it
22:14I congratulate you Rock
22:16and Shane
22:18Academy Award performance
22:22thank you
22:24and I told the world
22:26I told the world
22:28that Dad, I'm just
22:30like you after all
22:32aren't I Dad?
22:44Vince just like last Sunday
22:46on Heat when The Rock said
22:48he'd rather be the people's ass
22:50than to ever kiss yours
22:54well tonight it's time
22:56for each and every
22:58single piece of
23:00trailer park trash
23:02to kiss The Rock's
23:04if you smell what The Rock is
23:06cooking
23:08poor Mick Foley
23:10I'm not sure
23:12I understand
23:14The Rock is a great wrestler
23:16but Dad to lose this match
23:18I either had to be pinned and submit
23:20and The Rock didn't either
23:22I'm not really sure I understand
23:24what the hell is going on around here
23:26well Mick
23:28you don't get it right
23:30well
23:32get this
23:34oh from behind
23:36get this
23:38The Rock stomping away at mankind
23:40after the war
23:42The Rock and the McMahon family
23:44Shane and Vince
23:46in collusion and here comes
23:48yeah The Rock Bottom
23:50poor sad son of a gun
23:52Mick Foley
23:58ladies and gentlemen
24:00the McMahon family
24:02is proud to present
24:04your new
24:06World Wrestling Federation
24:08Champion
24:10The Corporate Champion
24:12I give you The Rock
24:14you smell what The Rock is cooking
24:16yeah and it stinks
24:20wow
24:26this is big JR
24:28this is really big
24:32well The McMahons
24:34screwed Austin
24:36The McMahons have just shafted mankind
24:40and how the people here are just stunned
24:42nobody wants to believe
24:44what they're seeing
24:46but they better believe that The Rattlesnake is back
24:48what
24:52Stone Cold is back
24:54what
25:00oh this is a
25:02volatile situation
25:04here comes Austin
25:06here comes The Rattlesnake
25:08The McMahons are running away
25:10and The Rock
25:12now trying to assault Austin
25:14Austin should be the champion in my opinion
25:16and The McMahons are running for their lives
25:18you can't blame him
25:20get him
25:22Austin
25:24he's gonna beat The Rock like he owns it
25:30there's your champion
25:32there's your Corporate Champion
25:42Stone Cold Steve Austin
25:44just cleaned the ring
25:46of the new Corporate Champion
25:48if you smell what The Rattlesnake is cooking
25:56look at this
26:00and maybe that just will
26:02knock some sense into mankind
26:04what
26:12well one thing's for sure
26:14we've got a new WWF Champion
26:16but The Rattlesnake is still in the game
26:18he's got a five year deal
26:24not a very auspicious coronation
26:26for the new Corporate Champion
26:28thanks to The Rattlesnake
26:30what a night
26:32unbelievable
26:36wait a minute
26:38and we ain't left yet
26:42here comes Austin
26:44again nailing The Rock
26:46Austin whittling away
26:48at The Rock with those right hands
26:50he's sending a message to the new champ
26:52and he's sending a message to The McMahons
27:00The Rock is the new WWF Champion
27:02but for how long
27:08if you're a Rattlesnake fan
27:10you'd say hell no
27:12not very long
27:18believe me
27:20The McMahons will never give Austin another title shot
27:22well ladies and gentlemen
27:24we've got a new WWF Champion
27:26but The Rattlesnake lives
27:28The McMahons screwed us all
27:30they did it to us
27:32at the Survivor Series